1. to eat, devour a. (P'al) 1. to eat (of beasts) 2. to devour 3. eat their pieces (in a phrase, that is, slander them)
Origin: corresponding to H398
TWOT: 2573
Parts of Speech: Verb TBESH:
אֲכַל
a.khal
A:V
to devour
1) to eat, devour 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to eat (of beasts) 1a2) to devour 1a3) eat their pieces (in a phrase, that is, slander them)
אכל
'âkal
aw-kal'
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour (-er, up), dine, eat (-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in . . . wise (-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
H396 אכילה 'ăkı̂ylâhאכילה
'ăkı̂ylâh
ak-ee-law'
Feminine from H398; something eatable, that is, food